Taking a quick non-invasive test next time you visit your GP could change your life and that of your entire family. Not taking that test could do the same - but not in a good way. It's that simple.
Speaking at VITALITY Sydney's Health and Wellbeing Show, our Moral Maze Panel: Psychologist Jo Lamble; TV presenter…
Six months ago my amazing mum Maria Venuti had a major hemorrhagic stroke which resulted in significant bleeding in her brain.
Even though mum had experienced brief periods of high blood pressure in the past, it was very unexpected and such a huge shock.
It was one of those mornings where I just thought I would pop in…
A record 56,193 Australians are now more aware of their stroke risk however, after taking part in Australia’s Biggest Blood Pressure Check.
Stroke Foundation Chief Executive Officer Sharon McGowan said alarmingly, one in three of those tested and completed the stroke risk rating were urgently referred to their doctor for advice on how to lower…
First date, going away on your first couples retreat, buying a dog … being ambassadors on a health campaign together.
Not exactly your typical relationship milestone, but Sam and Sasha haven’t had a typical romance.
Stroke is an illness that has touched both Sam and Sasha’s lives in unique ways. This has prompted the duo…
A report says she had “tweaked her neck” when she fell during a photo shoot in late January 2016, and that she had tweeted that she had “pinched a nerve” a few days before being hospitalised.
It turns out the pain that the single mum of Mia, seven, was actually experiencing was far more serious than…
There are trends in every area of life, including health. How else do we explain the general awareness of, for example, breast cancer, when we compare it to something that actually kills more women. Like stroke. That's right, strokes kill more women in Australia than breast cancer, but we never hear about it, it's never…